Strange Loops February 2012 by Michael Ward-Bergeman published on 2012-02-12T02:05:33Z Strange Looping evolved out of my GIG 365 project in 2011. I stole the name from Douglas Hofstadter's book "I Am a Strange Loop." In the book, Hofstadter states, "In the end, we are self-perceiving, self-inventing, locked-in mirages that are little miracles of self-reference." Strange Loop music is created with a loop pedal. I use a Digitech Jamman Stereo. The music is composed, performed, recorded, and mixed live, in the moment. The loop is opened with a click of the pedal and a musical phrase is performed into it. The loop is then closed with another click of the pedal and the loop's length is set. An infinite number of successive musical phrases can be laid on top of the initial loop. Strange Loops created during GIG 365 were done in front of an audience. I managed to save a few of them, and selected the best for the previous set "Strange Loops 2011" This first set of 2012 is a bit different. I used the stereo looper, a mixing board, and a single microphone to record everything. I placed each phrase by selecting a stereo position before I laid down the phrase. (During GIG 365 I used two Sure SM58 microphones to capture everything. This is ideal, as the location of the phrase is captured in whatever position it is played in front of the microphones) The instrumentation for this set: Vocals, throat singing, snaps, hand claps, breathing 7 note kalimba Lao khaen (or khene) Bird calls from Fábrica de Pios Maurílio Coelho Dizi chinese transverse flute Large cane flute Pandeirão de Mestre Lua Rasta Cooperman frame drum Remo Kanjira Goat hooves shaker 12" Chau Gong MJWB Shell shaker MJWB Sea glass shaker Small Indian Bells on string MJWB Bell tree MJWB Shell Stick Antelope Shofar Indian hand cymbals Genre Strange Loops Contains tracks Chinarialist by Michael Ward-Bergeman published on 2012-02-12T02:05:34Z Grird by Michael Ward-Bergeman published on 2012-02-12T02:05:34Z Oddada by Michael Ward-Bergeman published on 2012-02-12T02:05:34Z Khaenitation by Michael Ward-Bergeman published on 2012-02-12T02:05:34Z Chamalimba by Michael Ward-Bergeman published on 2012-02-12T02:05:34Z
